F.I.S.H., Donald Lipski, 2009
SERVICES PROVIDED: Design coordination, Materials research, Budget management, Engineering coordination and oversight, Fabrication oversight, Lighting design development, Shipping, Installation services, Scheduling, Project close-out.
In 2009 the city of San Antonio was in stages, extending its landmark River Walk by 8 miles. Artist Donald Lipski was selected to design a work of public art for the Museum Reach section of the San Antonio River Walk which extends under the rather forbidding darkness of Interstate I-35. We worked with Lipski to design a school of fish, each 7’ long and made of fiberglass by New Wave Taxidermy in Florida. These 25 fiberglass replicas of native, long-eared sunfish catch the reflection of the light off the water below during the daytime and are illuminated from within at night, with about 1,000 l.e.d. lights in each one. This work has become an instant landmark where crowds gather nightly for the “lighting of the fish.”
Check out the video below to hear Lipski discuss the inspiration behind F.I.S.H.
Select text and images courtesy of Donald Lipski.
